Munkakör:  Digital And Technology Manager

We are committed to making Heineken the most connected brewery. That includes digitalizing and integrating our processes, ensuring best-in-class technology, and embedding a data-driven culture.
By joining us you will work in one of the most dynamic and innovative teams and have a direct impact on building the future of Heineken!

This role ensures HEINEKEN Hungary has the capabilities and enablers needed for digital transformation, including technology, processes, skills, culture, and ways of working. It holds end-to-end responsibility for defining and executing the Digital & Technology strategy, governance, and service scope—ensuring secure, reliable IT operations and effective delivery of the D&T project portfolio. This role also develops the Digital & Technology function as a strong business partner, enabling growth, profitability, and sustainability through high-quality technology platforms, integrated processes, and data-driven insights from a single source of truth.

This is a Senior Management role, reporting directly to the Managing Director and part of the Extended Management Team.

Your responsibilities would include:

• Develops a co-created three-year Digital & Technology Strategic plan and budget in line with Operational Company Strategy and with the regional transformation journey; this includes the strategic focus on becoming data-driven
• Partners with functional areas and key stakeholders and technical leaders to identify and plan capabilities necessary to meet short and long-term business needs
• Develops and executes strategic plans in support of key objectives in a timely and fiscally responsible manner
• Informs and drives strategic alignment and partnerships within the Management Team, Leadership Team and functional areas
• Connects the dots across multiple levels and related functions to understand the business holistically and leverage Digital & Tech Strategic initiatives and its added value to the business
• Advises the Managing Director and Management Team on Digital & Tech business development and project implementation within the business
• Support digital and data transformation
• Brings in and champions new ways of working and advise on external trends and developments whilst contextualizing it into relevant business insights
• Translate business needs into improvement initiatives, driving operational excellence to meet strategic and operational goals while prioritizing customer value
• Leads the definition of new organizational sets, the definition of requirements and formulates service level agreements (SLA) with in- and external parties
• Ensures that strategic vendor relationships are established and influences vendors to align to domain, portfolio, and enterprise strategic objectives
• Gather, interpret and identify digital, data-driven and technology needs and trends within HEINEKEN and in the market, to recommend measures to the process owner if necessary
• Provides leadership, mentoring, and coaching to direct reports and overall department staff

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree
• Minimum 6-10 years of relevant experience
• Experienced within a fast-paced environment and knowledgeable in agile leadership
• Solid track record of running mid to big size system change management programmes
• Proficient in defining, communicating, and driving value propositions, success metrics, and outcomes
• Proficient in shaping, aligning, and guiding execution of strategic direction for a domain or significant portfolio segment
• Proficient in communicating, building influence, and developing relationships with functional and technical leaders, with high-level vendor partners and across all levels in the organization
• Proficient in selecting and leading strategic vendor relationships or acting as the primary point of contact for strategic partnerships
• Proficient in utilizing deep market and industry knowledge for a related portfolio segment or domain to achieve strategic objectives
• Experience in international complex multidisciplinary project management
• Experience in organizational programmes (e.g. digital transformation, data driven organizations)
• Solid understanding of core business processes, process outsourcing and state of the art technology
• Solid understanding of development of digital capabilities
• Builds, inspires and develops effective teams
• Proficient both in English and in Hungarian

What we offer: 

• International environment with a stable company background
• Modern, inspiring office in Budapest and home office opportunity (50% home office)
• Good team and professional colleagues
• Opportunity of an international career
• Long-term, full-time employment
• Some of Hungary’s favorite beer brands: Soproni, Heineken, Gösser and Birra Moretti
• Additional benefits such as bonus, company car, Cafateria, private health insurance, commuting assistance, employee beer

At HEINEKEN, we don’t just accept difference - we believe in it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. HEINEKEN is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity.